Heel-support for shoe-forms.



A. E. GOODWIN.

' HE EL SUPPORT FOR SHOE FORMS.

APPLICATION FILED MAIL-29, l 9l6.

' Patented Mar. 26 1918.

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ABRAHAM E. GOODWIN, F NEWBURYPORT, MASSACHUSETTS.

HEEL-SUPPORT FOR SHOE-FORMS.

in the county of Essex and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and V useful Improvements in Heel-Supports for Shoe-Forms, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to shoe forms and particularly to devices of this character adapted for use by traveling salesmen to show the form and shape of a new last and the appearance of a shoe lasted thereon, the object of the invention being to provide an adjustable support for the heel portion whereby the shoe form may be displayed when desired with its heel portion at the proper elevation, and to further provide means whereby said support will occupy but little space when not in use.

The invention consists in providing the heel portion of a shoe form with a member adapted to be moved endwise in a vertical opening in said heel portion and to be locked in adjusted position therein, said member having a. base loosely mounted on its outer end.

The invention further consists of certain novel features of construction and arrangement of parts which will be fully understood by reference to the description of the draw ings and to the claims hereinafter given.

Of the drawings:

Figure 1 represents an elevation of a shoe form embodying the principles of the present invention.

Fig. 2 represents an inverted plan of the same.

Fig. 3 represents a vertical section of the heel portion thereof. 1

Fig. 4 represents an inverted plan of the heel portion with the support removed.

Fig. 5 represents an elevation of the adjustable support, and v Fig. 6 represents a section of the locking plate secured to the bottom of the last,

Similar characters designate like parts throughout the several-figures of the drawings.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed March 29, 1916.

I 19, as shown in Fig. 3 of Patented Mar. 28, 1918.. Serial No. 88,162.

In the drawings, 10 is a sample shoe form preferably made in two parts, the upper portion being hollowed out as at 11 and having secured to its under edge the bottom 12. This bottom is preferably provided with an extension 13, the upper end of which bears against the under face 14 of the top portion 10 of the shoe form. The extension 13 is provided with a central chamber 15 extending longitudinally thereof.

' Inserted and secured to the bottom 12 by screws 16 is a plate 17 having an opening 18 therein in axial alinement with the chamber 15. The outer face of said plate 17 is flush with the bottom face of said shoe form. Extending from the opening 18 is aslot 19 of less width than the diameter of the opening 18, as clearly indicated in Fig. 4 of the drawings. EX- tending through the opening 18 is a rod 20 provided with a plurality of projections 21, said projections being spaced from each other a distance thickness of the slot 19.

The lower end of the rod 20 is provided with a reduced shank 22 having a head thereon. Surrounding the shank 22 is a cup-shaped base member 2a which is free to move so that its base will assume different angles to the axis of the rod 20.

The base member 2 1 is prevented from being displaced from the shank 22 by means of the head 28. The plate 17 has its upper face slightly inclined to its under face, as indicated in Fig. 6 of the drawings, thus causing said plate to have a greater thickness in that portion opposite to the slot 19 than in that portion adjacent to said slot. When the base 2 1 and rod 20 are in operative position, the projections 21 are at an angle to the length of the slot the drawings. When in this position, owing to the increased thickness of the plate 17 a portion of said plate is wedged between two adjacent projections, and the rod 20 is thereby held rigidly so that when the shoe form is picked up the rod 20 with its base 24; will not be displaced,

slightly in excess of the plate 17 adjacent to the When the sample shoe form is not in use, the rod 20 is turned until the projections 21 are in alinement with the slot 19 and the rod is then pushed into the chamber 15 into the position indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 8 of the drawings. When in this latter position the shoe form will occupy but little room in the salemans grip, making it possible to pack a larger number of sample shoe space than would be the case if each shoe form was provided with a fixed support or heel.

Heretofore it has been the practice of salesmen to carry the sample shoe forms without any heel support fixed thereto. Usually the salesman carries with him a plurality of detached heels of different heights, and in displaying the shoe form the proper height of heel is placed temporarily under the heel portion of the shoe form. These detached heels are often lost, and as a consequence, when it is desired to display the shoe form in the position it-is intended that the finished shoe should be, it is impossible to show up the sample shoe form to advantage.

By means of the present construction, the

heel support is always mounted upon the shoe form and ready for adjustment. to give the heel portion thereof the desired height. Preferably the projections '21 are spaced at regular intervals apart, and the exact height of the heel portion isquickly determined by the number of projections visible beneath the plate 17.

The sample shoe form may be of solid construction if desired, but in order to decrease the weight to be carried by the salesman, a hollow shoe form such as is shown is greatly'to be desired.

While the present construction may-be used on any style of shoe form without a covering thereon, it is generally preferred to tack upon the outer face-of the shoe form an upper 25 which shows the style of shoe, pump, or slipper intended to be manufactured on a last corresponding to that particular style of shoe form. secured at its edges to the bottom 12 by means of a plurality of tacks or other securing members 26.

Owing to the loose connection between the base member 9A- and the rod 20 when the sample shoe form is in use, the base plate 2 f 'will rest squarely upon the supporting surface at whatever angle the member 20 will be relatively thereto owing to the various heights of heels.

It is obvious that while one form of support is shown for theheel portion of the shoe form which is adapted to be moved forms in a given This upper is altering the principles of the present inven- 7 tion.

It is believed that the operation and many advantages of this invention will be fully understood from the foregoing description.

Having thus described my invention, 1 claim: 7 Y

1. In a device of'the class described, the combination ofa shoe form having a vertical opening in its heelportion extending upwardly from the face adapted to contact with the inner sole of a shoe; a member par- 7 tially positioned in said opening'and projecting below said face; and a base secured to the outer end of said member. 7 r

2. In a device of the class described, the combination of a shoe form having a. vertical opening in its heel portion extending up wardly from the face adapted to contact with the inner sole of a shoe; a member partla-lly positionedv 1n said opening and having an annular groove near its lower end; and

a base loosely mounted on said grooved lower end beneath the bottom of said shoe form.

3. In a device of the class described, the combination of a'shoe form having avertical opening in its heel portion extending upwardly from the face adapted to; contact with the inner sole of a shoe; a member partially positioned in said opening and having a lateral projection, said member being adapted for rotation in said vertlcal opening; a base secured to the outer end of said member; and a member securedto the said face of said heel portion with which said pro ectlon is adapted to coact.

- 7 4. In a device of the class described, the

combination of a shoe form having a vertical. opening in it's heel portion extending upwardly from the face adapted'to contact with the inner soleof a shoe; a member partially positioned in said opening and having a lateral projection, said member being adapted for rotation in said vertical opening; a base secured to the outer end of said member; and a member secured to the said face of said heel portion with its outer face f flush with said bottom face having an openmg through which said member extends and provided with a lateral slot toreceive said projection. l

5. In a device of the class described, the combination of a shoe formhaving a vertical opening inits heel portion extending upwardly from the bottom face thereof; a member partially positioned in said opening and provided-witha plurality of lateral projections; a plate inserted in and securedto the bottom of said heel portion and having Signed by me at 4 Post Oflice Sq., Boston, an opening therein through which said Mass, this 15th dayof March, 1916. member extends and a lateral slot to receive said projections, said plate having its thick- ABRAHAM GOODWIN' ness gradually increased from said lateral Witnesses:

slot; and a base secured to the outer end of WALTER E. LOMBARD,

said member. NATHAN C. LOMBARD.

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